The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-08-26

them from ArmOrykee Which yS to Se1en
Brttaine the Lesse and Q certayne holye
clerke should alweyes bc0re my fndir on
honde that he owghtc nttirly for to frusshe
the same, atfyrmynge that vt was fourmed
and cOnfintyd of Sathanas hym sclfe by
nrte magikc md dyvellysshe wherefore my
fldir dyd take the same and tO-brast vt YIN
sw;eyn'e;; h but t !, John ns de vi i%sTS dy ID sa ",
leecyd them togvdder agayne soes u zee
Sc, ON this daye nlondaye next folowynge
after the feeste of Seynte Maryc the Blessed
Vyrgyne YIN the yeere of Salvacioun fowcr-
tene hundreth and fyvc and fowcrti."
The next and, save one, list entry, was
Eltzabethan, and dated 1864: "a most
strange historic, and one tset Cd cost my
father his life; for in seekynge for the place
1psn the east coast of Africa, his pinnace
was sunk by q Portuguese galleon OFF Lor-
EMO Marquee, and he himself perished.-
JOHN VINcEY.
Then came the last entry, apparently, to
Judge by the style of writing, made by
some representative Of the family in the
middle Of the eighteenth century. It was
the well-known quotation by Hamlet,
s'There are more things in heaven and
earth than are dreamt Of inyour philosophy,
Horatio." (Anothcr thing that makes me
FIX the date of this entry ut the middle of
the eighteenth century is that l have an
acting copy of Hamlet, written about 174O,
in which these two lines orc misquoted al.
most exactly in the same way, and I have
little doubt that tho Vincey who wrote
them on the potshcrd may have heard them
60 misquoted at that date. OF course the
lines really run:
'sThere arc moro things in heaven and Garth
Than are drcnmt of in your phi osopNy.J
"Well,n l said, when l had read these
paragraphs out, at least those Of them that
were still lcgible, that is the conclusion
Of the whole matter, Leo, md now you can
form your own opinion ON it. I have III.
ready formed NINE"
"And what is itf" he asked, in his quick
way.
at is this. believe that potshcrd to be
perfectly genuine, and that, wonderful as
1t may seem, it has come down in your
family since the fourth century before
Christ. The entries absolutely provo 1t,
and therefore. however improbable it may
seem, It must be accepted. But there I
stop. That your remote ancestrcss, the
Egyptian Princess, or some scribe under
her direction, wrote that which we SEQ on
the tile Ihave no doubt, nor have I the
slightest doubt but that her sufferings and
the loss of her husband had turned her
head, and that she was not right in hez
mind when she did write st."
GLOW do you account for what my fathel
saw and heard there?" asked Leo.
Coincidence. Nodoubtth there are plenty
Of bluffs on the coast Of Africa that looE
something like a mans head, and plenty
Of people who speak bastard Arabic. Also
believe that there are lots OF swnmps
Another thing is, Leo, and I am sorry tt
say 1t, but ( do not believe that your poo
father was quite right when he wrote tha'
letter. He ha6 met with a great trouble
and also he had allowed this story to pre-.
on his Imagination, and he was q yer.
Imaginative man. Any way, I believe tim
the whole thing is the most unfnitigate'
rubbish. know that there are curiou
things and forces in nature which we rare
ly meet with, and when we do meet them
can not understand. But until I see It Wit
my own eyes, which I I'M not likely to,
never will believe that there is any mean
Of avoiding death, even for q time, or tina
there is or was o white sorceress living 1
the heart of an African swamp. 1t
bosh, my boy, oil bosh. What do you SOY
Job?"
"Isay, Sir, that It is a lie, and IL It Is tru
Ihope Mr.. Leo won't meddlc with no sue
things, for no good can't come Of it."
perhaps you are both right" said Lex
In a quiet voice. 81 express no opinion
But I say this. Tam going to set the ma
ter at rest once and for all, and IL youw won
com with mo, l will go by myself"
That day three months we were on Il
ocean. bound for Zanzibar.
CHAPTER N.-TEszs E1oAlA.